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Prime Minister Enrico Letta has declared Friday a day of mourning, to mark the death of 16 people in flash floods on the island of Sardinia.

Around 1,700 people were still sheltering in emergency accommodation on Wednesday following Monday’s floods, prompted by a cyclone sweeping across the island.

As funerals for the victims were held in Sardinia, Letta took to Twitter to announce a national day of mourning. “We have decided that tomorrow is a day of national mourning for the tragedy of Sardinia,” the prime minister wrote.